Tradical^® Hemcrete^® Case Studies

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A 209, 068 sqr ft flagship superstore constructed with walls made of Hemclad®, an innovative pre-fabricated wall panel developed by Lime Technology which uses Tradical^® Hemcrete^®. The project is one of the most high profile sustainable retail projects ever undertaken in the UK. Having adopted many new and unique techniques in its design and construction, the use of offsite produced Hemclad® is helping to demonstrate the commercial viability of renewable materials in mainstream construction.

Lime Technology produced and installed 2600 square metres in 230 prefabricated panels for the construction of the store’s external walls. The panels are typically 2.4m high x 4.8m wide and 400mm thick.

Cheshire Oaks has been awarded an Excellent rating assessment by BREEAM 2006.

The project boasts a wide range of environmental features including a very high level of recycled aggregates, biomass heating and landscaping to enhance local biodiversity.

The site has also recently been awarded a score of 38 by the Considerate Constructors Scheme which represents best practice and reflects the continued effort of the whole site team and our subcontractors which operate safely and respectfully in the local community.

Designed by Glenn Howells Architects and built by Wilmott Dixon Housing, The Triangle has been built on the site of a former caravan park and plant nursery, just off Swindon’s Northern Road.  Hab Oakus hopes to ensure the sustainable development acts as a springboard to introduce green initiatives locally.

The 42 unit development is built around a central landscaped area shared by all residents.  it is a mixed tenure scheme, consisting of homes for sale, shared ownership and affordable letting.

The pioneering new low energy housing development in Swindon, The Triangle, that featured in Chanel 4’s TV mini-series Kevin’s Grand Design broadcast in December 2011 was constructed using Tradical^® Hemcrete^®

The series follows broadcaster and designer Kevin McCloud as he sets out to prove that it is possible to create beautiful, contemporary and sustainable homes that are also affordable.

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Long Meadow, Diss is one of the HCA’s Renewable House schemes, incorporating timber frames and Tradical^® Hemcrete^® walls. Other features are MVHR, air-source heat pumps and triple-glazed windows. Funding was also obtained from DECC to ensure affordability, as well as sustainability, for local people in this rural location.

114 homes, built to CSH Level 4, will make up this development, which includes houses and apartments. 29 units are currently complete.

Set out around its own village green, minutes from the centres of Diss and Roydon, Long Meadow offers a selection two and three bedroom houses. This is a groundbreaking development - high on sustainability, yet low on price.

These homes not only have less impact on the environment - they have less impact on your pocket. Sustainable construction and materials mean that the running costs of these homes will be lower than for traditional properties.

Long Meadow takes sustainability in its stride. It doesn’t shout and scream sustainability from the rooftops. There are no wind turbines here. The homes don’t look like “eco houses” – they are not supposed to. However, look beneath the skin and these homes are sustainable and energy efficient.

The breakthrough with Long Meadow is what the buildings are made of and how they are built. Most of the recent eco-developments have taken existing methods of building houses and then added technology to reduce their energy use. At Long Meadow the sustainability is built in, not bolted on.

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The house is based around using renewable materials including Tradical^® Hemcrete^® to deliver a low cost, affordable house that meets Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes through materials alone, with a build cost of £75,000, excluding groundworks. Whilst offering significantly minimised embodied CO2, the design also enables the easy enhancement to meet Levels 5 and 6.

Once completed the house’s performance will be monitored over a three year period in order to establish evidence of the performance characteristics and the sustainability profile of renewable building materials. It is anticipated the development will demonstrate that low costs and renewable building methods are compatible and together they provide a viable method of delivering sustainable, affordable homes.

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When The Wine Society where looking to increase their temperature controlled wine storage facilities in Stevenage by more than 50,000 cubic metres to house more than three and a half million bottles of wine for their members, they chose to use Tradical® Hemcrete® thermal walling.  In use since mid 2008 without any heating or cooling equipment in operation, the monitoring of the internal environment of the warehouse has shown remarkable temperature stability despite daily external temperature variation and extended periods of sub-zero temperatures.